The Nomadds was my first band though, and we all know how memorable firsts can be. We were already an established, rock-fueled, country-influenced, vocally-dominated working band when the British launched their invasion of American music. We made the transition with ease and simultaneously became the area’s most popular band.
We recorded an album to sell at the dances we played and remarkably, forty-five years later, it’s become a sought after collector’s item and has been reissued in both vinyl and CD formats, something this incredibly obscure, painfully local, bar/dance band could never have imagined in 1965.
The reissue was co-produced by Hans Kesteloo and myself and is the only one endorsed by The Nomadds. Hans is the president of Music Maniac Records located in Tuebingen, Germany. He has extended an incredible degree of patience to the project and it's been a genuine pleasure working with him.
Erik Lindgren did the restoration and remastering at his Sounds Interesting Studio in Middleborough, Massachusetts. Stewart Adam at Creative Audio Works, also in Middleborough, provided noise reduction services. They've done a superb job of resurrecting the original recording, first released on April 17, 1965.
- Lee Garner, August 2009
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| The Nomadds: Lee Garner, Tony Cannova, Denny Kuhl, Dean Kuehl and Greg Johnson |
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Ugly Things #29, available in late September or early October, will be documenting the complete story of The Nomadds--and 60sgaragebands.com will provide an online version in early January 2010.
The Nomadds CD is available from Music Maniac Records.
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